Garment hanger



0611. 20, 1931. I A MlKOTA 1,828,611

GARMENT HANGER Filed April '7 1950 Federated ct". rarest OTA, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MKNNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF NE-HALF 1'0 MAE V. LANDIS, OF ST. RAUL, NNESOTA GARMENT GER Application filed April 7., 1930. Serial n. 442,120.

My invention relates to garment hangersand more particularly to such a hanger for either a sleeve or sleeveless garment or both. It is well known that stores, shops and the 5 like handling a large stock of gowns, dresses,

coats, slips and other sleeve or sleeveless'garments have help that do nothing else but pick up such garments that accidentally slip from their hangers while being handled,

brushed against, when removing adjacent garments or while removing their hangers from racks or replacing the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an extremely simple and highly eficient hanger that will positively hold a sleeve or sleeveless garment or both irrespective of the size of the neck opening and prevent the same from accidentally slipping ofi' from the holder and at the same time center the garment 29 on its hanger and supportthe same, as to form, the entire distance from the neck opening to the arm openings so that the garment hangs symmetrical from the hanger, thus materially adding to the appearance thereof.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which il- 30 lustrate the invention, like characters indicate like'parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Fig. 1 is an elevation of the improved hanger; and V Figs. 2, 3 and d are views corresponding to Fig. 1, but on a reduced scale, showing the difi'erent ways of supporting garments therefrom. I

The improved garment hanger, asshown, 40 with the exception of its suspending hook5, is formed from a single stifi metal rod or piece of heavy wire and comprises a bow-shaped main supporting member 6 and a pair of secondary supporting members 7 on the'ends of 4'5 said main member. These secondary sup porting members 7 overlie the main sup orting members 6, are vertically spaced t ere- I above in the same plane and substantially concentric therewith; The short transverse t portions of the rod between the main and secondary supporting members afi'ord positive stops 8 for holding a sleeveless garment X on the secondary supporting member 7,as shown in Fig. 3.

ing member 7 are spaced from each other a distance corresponding substantially to the size of the neck opening in a garment and are shaped to form upstandingstopst) for positively holding the sleeveless garment X 60 on the secondary supporting members 7, as shown in Fig. 3, or a sleeve garment Y, as shown in Fig. 4. The hook 5 is for suspending the improved hanger from a rack or other overhead support. 5'

lhe curvatures of the main and secondary supporting members are such as to substantially correspond to the form of a garment to support the same the entire distance from its neck opening to its arm openings so that an it will hang, to form, from either the main or secondary supporting members.

It is evident that a coat-like garment may be supported on the secondary supporting members 7 over a garment supported on the as main supporting member 6, as shown in Fig. 3.

What llclaim is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a main bow-shaped supporting member having at as its crown suspendin means and on its ends a pair of inturnec secondary supporting members which overlie the main supporting member, are vertically spaced therefrom and substantially concentric therewith, said sec- '35 ondary supporting members having on their inner ends raised stops spaced materially from said suspending means to permit a sleeveless garment to be placed on the main supporting member under the secondary supe0 porting members and held by the transverse portions of the hanger between its main and secondary members from sliding therefrom, said stop being arranged to prevent a gar ment on thes'econdary members from sliding e5 thereon toward the suspending means. 2. A arment hanger formed from a single stiil r0 and comprising a bow-shaped main supporting member having at its crown suspending means and on its ends a pair of inwe The inner ends of the secondary supportl Gil turned secondary supporting members which overlie the main supporting member, are vertically spaced therefrom and substantially concentric therewith, the inner end portions of the secondary supportin members being shaped to form upstan ing stops spaced materially from said suspending means to permit a sleeveless garment to be placed on the main supporting member un v der the secondary supporting members and held by the transverse portions of the hanger between its main and secondary members from sliding therefrom, said stop being arranged to prevent a garment on the secondary members from sliding thereon toward the suspending means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARCHIE R. MIKOTA. 

